Shabby Chic Thread?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

rachelleblondel wrote: »

CTC bet everyone else is banned from the the kitchen now!! It looks great I bet you are inspired to cook allsorts...Like the cloth on the cooker hood great idea.

thanks.... i must admit when i look at that part of the kitchen its like i am going into another person's house....i love cooking, and before it got to that state i allways used to cook, only done the basic things then...

the ground rules have been set..put rubbish in bin, do not leave on work units...( kids are monkeys for this) wipe crumbs up after making sandwich.. wash up anything used straight away...... etc....

now that that end of the kitchen is CLEAN and TIDY i am going to start on the top end of the kitchen where the kitchen table is (well this is where it was when the last time i saw it:cool: it is now hidden under a huge mountain of items just dumped on and around it...

i would love to have a dresser on the end wall of the long kitchen, but that is where the big fish tank is going to be moved to with our phirahnas in, as the spare room is going to get done into a music room for my hubby and the boys so they can put all their gitars and amps etc in there....

the fish tank is on home made wooden stand with a homemade wooden lid, which is painted black:rolleyes: i have ideas in standing it down and painted it the same colours as the kitchen so it will blend in, and the gap underneath put some fabric curtains to hide some de-cluttering items ( junk)

i think i will do it when hubby is in work, he cant say no then:D

i want to say a BIG thank you to everyone for being so nice and kind, as i thought some peeps would have slated me on the state of my kitchen, but it goes to show if i can do it anyone can do it.... and with the inspiration of this thread, it give you the confidence to do it... especially the photos as to be honest i think that is what done it for me....actually seeing what people are posting about...

emg

cat64 wrote: »

Feeling very inspired by the thread and itching to get going on a project! We have 2 ikea cupboards in pine that are looking a bit the worse for wear and I would like to paint them having seen what great results lots of you have got. It has got kind of inner panels, a couple of which have been broken, any ideas on what I could replace them with? I thought maybe fabric, but OH reckons it will accumulate dust (true!). Other things I thought of are maybe some sort of mdf panel like you get from Jali, but this looks a bit expensive. Anyone got any ideas please?

PS CTC your kitchen looks amazing - well done!

You could always fix the fabric on curtain wires at the top and bottom (like the ones you use for net curtains), then you would be able to take them off and wash them.

boysmum3

luxor4t wrote: »

I was in Dunelm yesterday and as I bought beautiful pink rosy fabric (a Sanderson linen lookalike)to cover our chairs + ottoman once I have F&B'd


That sounds like the fabric I bought last time I was in Dunelm.....I have no idea what I will be making out of mine....just liked it!!!

Been to the car boot this morning - baby slept in:j which meant by time I got sorted to go there was nothing much to be had:mad:

Bought some kitchen scales (pics when get round to setting up flickr!!) and couple of books but that was it - wish we had got organised to do car boot today there were hundreds of buyers - not many stalls, and I've got a back bedroom full of stuff to sell.

rosh12

vintagepleasure wrote: »

I'm popping back to my local Emmaus http://www.emmausmossley.org.uk/ on monday to see if they still have the one I saw last week but didn't buy!!!It was only £5.I can't believe I left it now.Hope it's still there.

Thanks for this- slightly off topic but I was about to look for our nearest emmaus to see if they wanted our old sofas! DIdn't realise there was one in Mossley- about 10-15 mins away from us!

COOLTRIKERCHICK

just scrolling through ebay and found this....what a cracker and still at 99p just imagine that shabby chic'd up i think it is in the merseyside area... if that was near me i would deff had placed a bid on that...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gorgeous-Vintage-60s-70s-Ercol-Golden-Dawn-Armchair_W0QQitemZ300203838102QQihZ020QQcategoryZ115763QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

maypole

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

thanks.... i must admit when i look at that part of the kitchen its like i am going into another person's house....i love cooking, and before it got to that state i allways used to cook, only done the basic things then...

the ground rules have been set..put rubbish in bin, do not leave on work units...( kids are monkeys for this) wipe crumbs up after making sandwich.. wash up anything used straight away...... etc....

now that that end of the kitchen is CLEAN and TIDY i am going to start on the top end of the kitchen where the kitchen table is (well this is where it was when the last time i saw it:cool: it is now hidden under a huge mountain of items just dumped on and around it...

i would love to have a dresser on the end wall of the long kitchen, but that is where the big fish tank is going to be moved to with our phirahnas in, as the spare room is going to get done into a music room for my hubby and the boys so they can put all their gitars and amps etc in there....

the fish tank is on home made wooden stand with a homemade wooden lid, which is painted black:rolleyes: i have ideas in standing it down and painted it the same colours as the kitchen so it will blend in, and the gap underneath put some fabric curtains to hide some de-cluttering items ( junk)

i think i will do it when hubby is in work, he cant say no then:D

i want to say a BIG thank you to everyone for being so nice and kind, as i thought some peeps would have slated me on the state of my kitchen, but it goes to show if i can do it anyone can do it.... and with the inspiration of this thread, it give you the confidence to do it... especially the photos as to be honest i think that is what done it for me....actually seeing what people are posting about...

I don't think anyone on here would slate anyone else for having a messy kitchen. We just love seeing photos and transformations of rooms. This is such an inspirational thread.

COOLTRIKERCHICK

maypole wrote: »

I don't think anyone on here would slate anyone else for having a messy kitchen. We just love seeing photos and transformations of rooms. This is such an inspirational thread.

i know....i think its me giving myself a mental slating for letting things get too bad...

back on topic.....cant wait to go looking on ebay over the next week or so, as there is free insertion weekend... there is going to be loads and loads of items listed.... so will be looking out for some bargins to vamp up

mary43

cooltrikerchick - managed to get links working today and just saw your messy kitchen ! Messy ? You haven't seen mine....................lol Made mental note to have a good clean and tidy up tomorow...............lol

maypole

I think this site gives you the "get up and go" when you see what other people are doing, a bit of incentive to do your own:beer:

luxor4t

luxor4t wrote: »

Thank you Vivaladiva & Haribo, I could not remember the maker's name of the measuring cone. :j I want one now!

Got one!! Only £3.99 too, so very pleased. Dunelm is my favourite shop at the moment, although did stick my head into Laura Ashley and wanted EVERYTHING - but not at those prices!

Managed to persuade OH to stop at Dunelm on the way back from collecting this lovely bench, probably my best e-bay bargain ever.


Mind you, it did mean a 45 mile round trip and lunch out, but worth it I think. It is now sitting in my F&B queue while I decide which colour to paint it and what fabric to re-cover the seat!